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Friday March 7, 2008
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Rufus Terrill runs bar in downtown called O'Terrills. He's had it with drug dealers, vandals, prostitutes, and the homeless, so naturally he combined his rage with an old meat smoker, added an arsenal of non-deadly weapons, painted the thing black, and christened it the "Bumbot."
The Bumbot sits atop a scooter, features a high-powered spotlight, infrared camera, a loudspeaker, and a powerful water cannon. CNN met up with Terrill and discovered that, for some strange reason, not everyone is keen on the Bumbot's unique brand of mesquite bum-spraying justice. Who knew?
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March 11, 2008 3:05 PM
Bumbot is awesome! Great way to urge n'er do wells that loitering is discouraged here.
April 21, 2008 1:48 AM
While the Bumbot looks like a Dalek from Dr. Who, we sure could use them for aggressive panhandlers here in Seattle. Where can I get one?
April 23, 2008 8:41 PM
interesting use of technology, however comments made in a news article about the bot, complaining that the guy who created it is doing something about his problem with vagrants is not doing something about the vagrant problem, to me ,seems ridiculous.
April 24, 2008 11:24 AM
"drug dealers, vandals, prostitutes, and the homeless"
which one does not belong?